Researchers solve mystery of how nuclear pores duplicate before cell division
...group used four-dimensional confocal microscopy to follow the formation in cultured human cells of a single pore that had been labeled with a fluorescent tag. If the nuclear pore had split to give rise to two daughter pores, two bright dots would have emerged from one; however, the researchers tracked movem...Stem cell study for patients with heart attack damage seeks to regenerate heart muscle
...earch has demonstrated that mesenchymal stem cells follow inflammatory signals or "home" to sites of injury ...died for different diseases and have been shown to follow inflammatory signals to various areas of the body to aid in repair. The delivered cells are expected...'Executive' monkeys influenced by other executives, not subordinates
...s glancing one way or the other, they more readily follow the gaze of other high-ranking monkeys, Duke Unive...atus monkeys; while low-status monkeys assiduously follow the gaze of all other monkeys. The discovery represents more than a confirmation of what most peopl...How the brain learns to become addicted
...drug-craving in human addicts. The latest findings follow an earlier discovery by the same group that another molecule, corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), acts similarly. Such adaptations are believed to create a need that is far more compelling than the simple memory of drug-induced pleasure and repres...First wolverine radio-collared in Pacific Northwest
...from satellites 600 miles overhead, Aubry hopes to follow wolverines in the north Cascades for at least 2 more years. ...Chemotherapy gel may fight breast cancer and reduce breast deformity
..., clinical trials on women with breast cancer will follow additional laboratory studies. A paper detailing these results will be published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. ......t with bird jaw tissue, the bird tissue is able to follow the instructions given by the mouse tissue and participate in making teeth, and that these teeth look very much like those of mammals. However, Drs. Matthew Harris and John F. Fallon and colleagues have found that modern birds retain the ability to m...Of mice, men, trees and the global carbon cycle
...iration, or metabolic, rates of plants and animals follow different laws of scaling with respect to body size. The work will be published in the Jan. 26 issue of the journal Nature. In revealing nitrogen content as the key to plant metabolic rates, the work uncovered a fundamental difference between plants...Recreating 'Flowers for Algernon' with a happy ending
...to normal mice. First, he trained the mice to follow a blinking light in order to find a food reward. The NF1 mice on statins showed a 30 percent improvement in their ability to pay attention, outperforming the normal mice. Second, he trained the mice to memorize spatial clues in order to navigate...Jefferson biologist coaxing human embryonic stem cells to make dopamine with simpler, faster method
...he work reported by Witte's group, PET was used to follow immune cells whose DNA included "reporter genes," ... At present, there are very few tools available to follow the extent and duration of responses to such treatment. The new approaches devised by Witte and his...PET imaging reveals the immune system at work
...he work reported by Witte's group, PET was used to follow immune cells whose DNA included "reporter genes," ... At present, there are very few tools available to follow the extent and duration of responses to such treatment. The new approaches devised by Witte and his...Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Watching evolution in action
...zee genes and stickleback fish armor? Studies that follow evolution in action claim top honors as the Breakthrough of the Year, named by Science and its publisher AAAS, the nonprofit science society. In 2005, scientists piled up new insights about evolution at the genetic level and the birth of species, ...K-State researchers study insects' immune system
...teria and fungi, and the pathway of reactions that follow in the immune system. Studying the immune system of insects is important because it can lead to useful knowledge for the improvement of biological pesticides, Kanost said. Such a method of pest control only kills specific insects and is safe for hum...Building a better mouse model of lung cancer: FHIT counts
...tion, the severity of the tumor growth appeared to follow a continuum paralleling the loss of the protein. While the normal mice developed only benign tumors, 17 percent of the mice that had lost one copy of the gene developed malignant tumors and all of the tumors in the mice that lost both copies of the g...Scientists characterize proteome of human cornea
...ating artificial corneas for transplantation." To follow up on their initial research, Dr. Enghild and his colleagues have begun proteomic studies of corneas affected by granular and lattice corneal dystrophies, and are also planning on looking at other cornea diseases such as keratoconus and Fuchs' dystro...PLoS Medicine publishes first trial of effect of male circumcision on HIV infection
...y for 6 weeks after the operation. The plan was to follow the participants over 21 months, testing them for HIV at months 3, 12 and 21, to see whether there was a difference in the rate of new infections between the two groups. After 18 months, the number of new HIV infections in the control group was 49...Applying ecological laws to bacteria
...educing pollution. The finding that microorganisms follow the same patterns as plants and animals has potential significance in medicine, agriculture and pollution-control. By applying the new insights to the microbial world, researchers may be able to improve the exploitation of vital microbial processes, ...Updated data on novel HPV vaccine confirms efficacy in large population
... 81 of 9,400 in the placebo group) with an average follow up of 25 months. The vaccine was generally wel...ated the incidence of cervical pre-cancers through follow up for an average of 20 months after completion of the regimen. HPV, particularly types 16 and 18,...Scientists get first glimpse at how plants, most animals repair UV-damaged DNA
...able to make a very fast series of measurements to follow how the chemical reaction evolved over time. They assembled their measurements together like a series of stop-motion photographs to reveal the individual steps of UV repair. Zhong explained the damage and repair processes this way: When a UV photon......It's very likely that other raptor biologists will follow this with similar studies on other species of interest like bald eagles," he said. This project is one part of a larger research program on the eagles of Naurzumski Gosudarstvennyi Zapovednik (Naurzum State Nature Reserve), a large nature reserve in...